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Win a Nine-Volume, American History-Themed “Who Was” Book Set!

Giveaway and Resources

I’m so excited to offer one special reader a nine-volume set of American history-themed books from the Who Was series. This week I’ll be featuring the books on the blog along with additional resources that can be used to enhance your studies. Since there are nine books in the set I’m giving away, I’ll feature three books per post. Instructions for contest entry are at the end of this post.

Read more about Davy Crockett and look at an interesting photo gallery on Kiddle.

Read the Signature Biography, The Story of Davy Crockett, for free online (e-mail registration is required and well worth it if your learners like to read older books)! Another classic story option is Davy Crockett from the American Adventure Series.

Davy Crockett was a congressman. Use the Congress for Kids website to find out the roles of a congressman.

Many tall tales emerged about Davy Crockett, especially after his death. Because of this, it has been hard for some to separate the stories about Davy Crockett the folk hero and Davy Crockett the person. The source of many of the myths was the Davy Crockett Almanac. No one knows who published the Davy Crockett Almanac, but these publications serve as good examples of early American humor. See one of the almanacs here.

Sixteen-year-old Sacagawea made history when she made the remarkable journey with Lewis and Clark.

Learn more about Sacagawea:

Sacagawea was part of the Agai-Dika Shoshone Tribe (later re-named Lemhi-Shoshone by Mormons). See a sampling of Lemhi words, then scroll to the bottom of the linked page for learning activities and printables.

Chapman was a member of the Swedenborgian Church, which forbade tree grafting. Because of this, most of the apples he planted were unpalatable. Reliably safe drinking water was rare in colonial America, and since most apples during this time were used to make cider rather than eaten, the fruit of Chapman’s labor was beneficial to settlers. Cider, which was a mildly alcoholic beverage about half the strength of wine, was safer to drink and was even served to children. See how grafting is done to produce an edible apple.

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine endowed Chapman with national fame in 1871. Click here to read the original story, Johnny Appleseed: A Pioneer Hero.

Other Activities

With or without the museum you can use the fun activities to make the learning stick! Create your own word-search, make Who Was magazine covers, create biography cubes, and more with these free, interchangeable activities, also from Penguin Publishing Group.

Create a lapbook for any of the books in this series. Use these free templates to design your lapbook exactly the way you want it! If you don’t want to design your own, you can use this simple biography lapbook template.

Enter to Win a Nine-Volume Set of “Who Was” Books!

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